Where does “newsreader” come from?

newsreader (English) comes from English reader, from Middle English reder, from Old English rēdere, from Proto-West Germanic rādāri.

newsreader (English): An anchorman in a news program, a news anchor,...

Definitions

  1. An anchorman in a news program, a news anchor,...

Ancestry of “newsreader”, step by step

newsreader traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English reader

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreaderA person who reads; A person who reads a...
2Middle Englishreder—
3Old Englishrēdere—
4Proto-West Germanicrādāri—

via English News

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNewsNew information of interest
2Middle Englishnewes—

Words derived from “newsreader”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic rādāri →Every word from Old English rēdere →Every word from Middle English reder →